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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the caretaker say is living in the home on the sheep ranch that the Main Character visits in Chapter 30?
(a) The owner of the hotel the couple is staying in.
(b) No one.
(c) The owner of the villa.
(d) The Sheep Professor's wife.

2. Who arrives at the villa and tells the Main Character that he has behaved selfishly?
(a) The Business Partner.
(b) The Sheep Man.
(c) The Rat.
(d) A messenger.

3. Whose death is revealed by the person the Main Character discovers at the unlucky bend in the road?
(a) The Boss's.
(b) The Business Partner's.
(c) The Sheep Professor's.
(d) The Girlfriend's.

4. What vehicle is sent to pick up the cat?
(a) The Boss's Limo.
(b) The Strange Man's sleek black sedan.
(c) An animal transport bus.
(d) A dilapidated taxicab.

5. What do the Girlfriend and the Main Character do after planning their strategy for hunting the sheep?
(a) Go to a double feature at the theater.
(b) Interview the manager of the Ovine Theater.
(c) Buy and read books on sheep from the bookstore.
(d) Have dinner with the Sheep Lady.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who admits, after revealing the Rat's situation, to having sent the Girlfriend away?

2. Who does the Main Character discover is originally from Hokkaido?

3. What best describes the appearance of the Dolphin Hotel?

4. What does the Main Character find outside of the villa that indicates someone, other than the Rat, has been there?

5. Where does the visitor to the villa tell the Main Character that the Rat is located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What indicates that the Main Character's journey to Junitaki may be a hazardous one?

2. Is the Limo Driver an intelligent man?

3. Is the Sheep Man a part of the physical or the spiritual world?

4. How is isolation and alienation of the characters apparent in Chapters 25 and 26?

5. Is the Cat or the Main Character more at home in the world? Please fully support your answer.

6. How are the sheep at the sheep farm similar to the people that the Sheep is trying to control?

7. What factors contribute to the eerie feeling of the area near the villa in Junitaki?

8. Who is responsible for the Strange Man's death?

9. Explain the caretaker's feelings about escorting the Main Character and the Girlfriend up that mountain.

10. Aside from her powerful ears, is the Girlfriend a help or a hindrance to the Main Character?

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